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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1925 
Dr. C. StuaRtT GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: Ihave the honor to submit herewith my report as librarian 
for the year ending December 31, 1925. 
We are able to report that the nucleus of the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club Room collection, numbering 156 volumes, has been cata- 
logued and prepared for use, and is now ready to be turned over 
to the Club Room library where the books will be permanently 
shelved. 
Accessions 
Of the 365 volumes added to the collection, 115 were secured 
by purchase, 92 from the binding of serial volumes, and 77 
through exchange. Among the more important titles acquired 
are the Bibliotheca Genetica; Mededeelingen, Nederlandsch-Indie, 
Department van Landbouw; Bullettino, of the Orto Botanico, R. 
Universita di Napoli; Bulletin of the Muséum National d’ Histoire 
Naturelle, Paris; Reiche’s Flora de Chile; and the Abhandlungen, 
of the K. K. Zoologische Botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna. 
The three titles added to our collection of rare and early 
printed books, which were purchased with the income from the 
Benjamin Stuart Gager Memorial Fund, are the first edition of 
Le Floriste Frangois, by De La Chesnee Monstereul, printed at 
Caen in 1654; John Evelyn’s Kalendarium Hortense, or, the 
Gard’ner’s Almanac, London, 1699; and an Italian edition of the 
Flerbolario Volgare, Venetia, 1539. 
Periodicals, Serials, Documents 
Among the new serial and periodical titles are publications 
from the Bergens Museums, Bergen, Norway; Contributions, 
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.; Verhand- 
lungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg; 
Mededeelingen, Instituut voor Plantenziekten, Buitenzorg, Java; 
Candollea; Annual Report, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 
Department of Genetics; Mitteilungen, Deutsche Dendrologische 
Gesellschaft; Hilgardia; Forest Bulletin, and Indian Forest 
Records, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India; Report, 
Pomological Station at Coonoor, Burliar and Jxallar Fruit 
